Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 16 Waivers & QB Streamers, Bad Beats

Andy Holloway. Yeah, go ahead. Stephen, Matt Bryant-block kick lost me the game. Mark, Matt Bryant-block kick, only reason I want. That's the thing about all of these stories is that every single time there is a play, you know, I saw so many people upset about DeVant Freeman, that fumble going into the end zone, they would have won. But that means that just as many people did win.

Because of that. Every time that something bad or good happens, the opposite is always true. Yeah. You should write a book. All right. Matthew Cunningham, last one. He says this. Mike, you'll enjoy it. If only I would have started Blake Bortles, I would have made the championship. Definitely not something I thought I would say at the start of this season. I mean, it always depends on who his other option was of going over. If it was Russell Wilson, you were playing Russell Wilson. Or Brady or Aaron Rogers.

As much as I love Blake Bortles last week and love him this week, you couldn't bench your stud quarterback for Blake Bortles and felt good about it. We're going to jump into news. We're going to jump into the waiver wire. But before we do that, Mike, I want to ask you a question. Maybe you can illuminate something for our listeners. If you were on the bad beat side of this equation, and you're out.

What can you do in the next two weeks if you're in a keeper league or a dynasty league to stay relevant, to stay active, and to be forward thinking for your team for next year? Because at this point, it's Operation 2018 for you if you've lost. Well, we've given this tip a few times, but make sure you are heading up to, you know, there's websites like Spotrack where you can check out player contracts. And that is a real, real big help.

to see who's going to be changing, who's likely to be changing teams, whose teammates are likely to be changing teams, changing up those opportunities, get ahead of them. Because once March hits and free agency hits, then everyone's going to know about it. But if you're making the moves before, like Tampa Bay, Charles Sims. Did you know that Charles Sims, who's been fantastic a couple years ago? He's a good player, just his opportunity that the team has soured on him.

He's in a contract here. He's going to be on a different team. Maybe he turns into the past catching back for a good team. I mean, you just, you have to, you don't know right now, but you got to take the shots. And I know there's a, this is a pretty hot topic because the world is very divided on this. If you're out, should you be allowed to add players, be active in the playoffs? My opinion is yes. Yes. Like the Green Bay Packers, right?

Jason and I talked about we think that Aaron Rogers will play this upcoming week. I feel less confident. But the logic was they're playing spoiler for your division. It's like the Tampa Bay last night. What are they playing for? They're playing. Why are they up for this game on top of an NFL athlete? But you're trying to ruin the season for your division opponent. So I'm all about.

ruining things for everyone else. If I'm going down... I agree. You are all about that. If the world is burning, if my world is burning, I'm not pushing you. I'm not saving you. No, you're throwing some fire my way. I'm pulling you. I'm throwing the bucket of fire over to your island. Enjoy. You're coming with me! News and notes from around the league. Well, let's talk about that then briefly, the Aaron Rogers situation. I know we disagreed yesterday. I don't see much of a reason for them to...

play him. Now, he is going to be the good soldier and say, I want to play. That's the way it's going to be. He wants to be the tough guy. Every quarterback does. They want to be the leader. And then, in my opinion, then the coaching staff and the medical staff, they're going to take that decision out of his hands, and they're going to do the right thing. And you're not going to play a guy in a worthless game. I understand the argument about Minnesota, but you're not stopping them from making the playoffs. That's not the situation. You're just talking about, you know, risking your franchise quarterback.

who took too many hits. They signed a third quarterback yesterday. I don't think he's playing. I don't see why he would. So my money is on that side. I answered the question yesterday that he would play. I would play him if I was the general manager. I would ask the question of, what do I have in Jordy Nelson? They need to know. Is Jordy still fine? Is he going to be fine next year? I would love to see a couple of games with Aaron Rogers and Jordy to be like,

okay, what's the lay of the land here, be able to go into the NFL draft, having a better idea of what my needs are as a team, because your team is completely different with Aaron Rogers. But with the comments from Mike McCarthy, you have to assume he's already hedging. Like you said, they signed that quarterback. I'm more skeptical that he plays. But goodness gracious, Aaron, play. I'm playing Case Keenham. I need the Green Bay Packers to be able to score on the Vikings.

My championship roster is hot garbage right now. Hey, you're in. You just told me. Exactly. I'm going to scratch. I'm going to claw. I'm going to get it. Those are the best ones to win, though, if you find a way. You know the smell of hot garbage? Delicious in victory. Yes. All right. I'm going to fly through these guys so we can get into the waivers. Keenan Allen should be fine according to head coach Anthony Lynn. Hunter Henry. Status up in the air due to a small laceration on his kidney. I have to believe he's out.

which means Antonio Gates has some relevance this week. Absolutely. Lumbering Antonio Gates. Marquise Lee expected to return by the playoffs or sooner, but I think that means he's out this week. Rex Burkhead, they're optimistic he'll return for the playoffs, but out this week. James Connor, you're done. Knee surgery. So if it's Gerald Toussaint, we mentioned yesterday. Yeah, if you're playing weeks, I guess we'll say it in the waivers as well, but if you're playing week 17,

Number one, please fix your league. But number two, you need no matter what your situation is. It doesn't matter. If you don't, you pick up Fitzgerald Toussaint in the event that they're going to rest Levi-on-Bel next week because you have a complete and total workhorse running back. Yep. Drew Stanton is starting for the Cardinals. The Blaine Gabbard experiment is apparently over. We. This is fine. He went from future franchise quarterback to not playing and Drew Stanton playing very quickly.

Yeah. So there you go. Deschon Kaiser's going to start week 16 against the Bears. Start your Bears. Bill O'Brien said Tom Savage is going to miss the rest of the season most likely with the concussion. Yeah. I think that's it. I mean, the Broncos don't have a starting quarterback decided yet. Vance Joseph hasn't talked about it. Any other news you guys feel like we need to get into? We'll.

Not fully into it, but Thomas Davis from the Panthers. He's been suspended for two games. He will appeal. It's likely one of those things that's going to drop down to one. But so? I think that's really good news for Cameron Bray. Say the aforementioned, we were talking about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. If Thomas Davis is out for the Panthers, it's definitely a hit. It's not world changing. No. But it's a hit to the defense. All right. Before we jump into the waiver pickups for the week and our streaming quarterback options.

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Where's your duck tattoo? This is breaking news. On my forearm? Well, I, you know, I can't see your arm. I mean, I was like asking. Yeah. Incredible. So what makes you like, you've always loved ducks? Oh, yeah, I've always loved ducks. Mike, the mallard right. That's right. Growing up, I had a buddy who lived on some farmland. They had chickens, and they had a duck, and whose name was Howard. And we were best friends. Howard the duck. And then they got a duck named Donald. That was best friends with that duck. Wow. Oh, was there like any.

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Guys to play this week and this week only, and we're not going to get muddled down with anything other than that. We're going to give you names, players that we believe are out there that you should sign and you can play if you need them. Injuries happen, decisions, matchups. You've got a lot of situations last week. Guys like Jimmy Garoppolo were great starts and this week they play Jacksonville. That's the way all stories go, by the way. It's last week, this guy was a great start and this week they play Jacksonville. Right. Don't play Jimmy Garapolo. No. So we're going to focus on people you can start this week.

Jason, wide receivers. So these two guys are probably owned, but it's worth checking out because about a quarter of leagues are still available. But Sterling Shepard and Robert Woods, I think even more so Robert Woods. Yeah, that's the one I'd go for. He's got the better matchup this week at Tennessee. He looks like the clear number one target for one of, if not the best offense in the NFL right now. So probably owned, but definitely Robert Woods is a starting.

you know, championship week worthy wide receiver. If you're digging deeper, I would say that there's two great options. I have three. I have three great options. We probably are speaking the exact same language here because I said three and you said two. But my two includes three players. You have the Jacksonville duo. Hold on. I'm saying you're two good options, one of which is picking either of the Jacksonville wide receivers. D.D. Westbrook.

or Keel and Cole. And then the other is Martavis Bryant. So I grouped the Jags. I see. I see. You got one more. So we got, we're going four. But so before we get into the guy that I really like besides these, of course, but Keel and Cole, D.D. Westbro, people are going to want to know if you have to pick up one and you're playing them this week. I'm staying in the flames. With Cole? I am. With the big play, Keel and Cole? Yeah, three straight touchdowns.

Nine targets. I'm just going to stay in those flames. He's playing great. Jason? Yeah, I mean, I think I agree. To be fair, to be fair, Didi's been fantastic except for last week. Yes, Dedi has been great. He is the better player, at least the higher, you know, touted recruit. The previous several weeks, six receptions, five receptions, five receptions.

I don't think you're going to go wrong with either, but Keelan is more widely available. And I think he is the bigger play guy. Oh, you certainly. I'm going to go Keelan. And Martavis Bryant, obviously. Great play without Antonio Brown. Antonio Brown will be out. And Marty and, well, I mean, Juju Smith-Schuster, there's 0% chance that he's under waiver wire, but maybe it's like a 0.1% chance. So who's your other guy then? Mike Wallace. Yeah.